The read
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do. It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
Ben works in a morgue. Ben's wife left him and he is into various kinds of alternative sexuality. Teresa dies of an ecstasy overdose on the dance floor. When she is brought to the morgue, she is resurrected -how shall I say?- in Ben's arms (that part based on a true story). From this starting point, the film revolves around the interactions between them and Boris (orgy fan), Abdel (no sentimental life), Ducon (wants to kill himself), Nico (dying of AIDS), etc... A social study of the 90s with heavy references to sex and deat
Ratings
IMDb5.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes14%
Metacritic34/100
Audiences rate it 18 points higher than critics do.
20 audience votes
Key crew
- Didier Le PêcheurDirector
- Didier Le PêcheurWriter
- Philippe Cohen-SolalOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Élodie BouchezTérésa
- Jean-Marc BarrBen
- Patrick CatalifoBoris
- Gérard LoussineAbel
- Jean-Michel FêteNico, man with AIDS
- Martin Petit-GuyotDucon
- Jeanne CasilasMarie
Stills
Themes
dominatrix